If BC’s Thanksgiving plan involves sending students home, students will have roughly five weeks to buy plane tickets. To avoid another late decision, the University should decide now about what it plans to do about Spring Break.
News
Rozier Discusses the Role of Faith and Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To sit idly by and wait for the pandemic to end would be “a tremendous disservice,” according to Rev. Michael Rozier, S.J.
News
BC Alumni Share Insights Working on Capitol Hill
For Kelly Riddle, BC ’14, the best part of working on Capitol Hill is seeing her work turned into actual legislation.
ACC Power Rankings, Sports, Football
ACC Power Rankings: The Calm Before the Storm
The top four teams in the ACC Power Rankings have solidified their spots after another week’s competition, but this week could be tumultuous for all 15 teams playing.
News, Coronavirus Updates, Top Story, On Campus
University Will Announce Thanksgiving Plans by Monday
The weekly COVID-19 undergraduate positivity rate at Boston College fell last week for the second week in a row, marking a new semester low.
News, On Campus
‘Neglected, Unprotected, and Disrespected’: Students Honor Black Women with Candlelit Vigil
Kathryn Destin is familiar with two different kinds of pictures at Boston College. The first is overtly racist—anti-Black slurs plastered in sharpie in a residence hall and a racist snapchat that spread across campus. The second cuts in a subtler way: social media posts of beautiful white women, which remind her she doesn’t look like the typical BC student.
Sports, Football
ACC Power Rankings: Clashes of Titans
Lots of close games this week meant a lot of movement in the bottom half of the ACC Power Rankings, and this week, top teams will face their toughest tests yet.
On Campus, Top Story, Coronavirus Updates, News
BC Adds Four Cases to Last Week’s COVID-19 Report, Positivity Rate Remains Semester Low
Boston College reported an additional four cases of COVID-19 out of 290 undergraduate tests from last week, a 1.38 percent positivity rate, in its Tuesday update of the COVID-19 dashboard. The additional cases from last week raised the week’s undergraduate positivity rate from .18 percent to .25 percent, with 13 undergraduates testing positive out of...
News, On Campus, Top Story
Merkert Hall Evacuated After Chemical Leak
Students and faculty evacuated Merkert Hall early Monday afternoon due to a hydrogen sulfide leak in a cylinder, according to the Boston Fire Department.
News, On Campus, Academics, Coronavirus Updates
Nursing Students Adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic
On Sept. 23, Connell School of Nursing Dean Susan Gennaro received a letter from a recent patient at Newton-Wellesley Hospital who appreciated the difference that interacting with a Boston College nursing student had made during his stay.
